The FBM KLCI eked out marginal gains on Thursday as buying interest emerged in the final hour ahead of the GE15. As Malaysia faced with a hung Parliament scenario after none of the coalitions won enough seats to form a majority, key focus is now on the outcome of the negotiations among various parties in today’s afternoon. Market sentiment may remain tepid and trade negatively before the submission of PM candidate name to Istana Negara at 2pm.

The FBM KLCI ended on a downbeat note amid weakness in selected banking and plantation heavyweights, as the market sentiment remained cautious ahead of the GE15. With the softer market performance on Wall Street, we reckon that the market tone may stay tepid at least for the near term, as the key focus is shifted towards the outcome of the GE15, where it is still uncertain which party is having a lead at this juncture.

The FBM KLCI ended lower, underperforming the regional bourses as jittery sentiment prevailed ahead of GE15 and the foreign investors have turned net seller for the session. We believe the optimism from Wall Street overnight, which sparked by a cooler-than-expected October Producer Price Index in the US that signalled a cooler inflation environment may spilled over to the global stock markets. Nevertheless, local investors may remain cautious towards the GE15.

The FBM KLCI surrendered gains and settled lower as investors took profit ahead of the GE15. Also, global investors should trade cautiously following the comments from the US Federal Reserve officials, reinforcing the view for further interest rate hikes to tame the inflation going forward. Back home, we believe the foreign buying may continue to support the local bourse, within the apolitical stocks as well as solid balance companies to weather through the inflationary environment.

The FBM KLCI notched higher on Friday, fuelled by optimism over Malaysia’s 3Q2022 economy growth as well as the significant global markets recovery move. We reckon that the local bourse should remain resilient, taking cue from the buoyant Wall Street over the weekend. Still, investors may pay attention to the US economic data such as the US retail sales as well as jobs data as that may provide more insights into the aggressiveness of upcoming rate hikes.

The FBM KLCI reversed its earlier losses and closed in the positive territory, outperforming the negative regional markets. Given the big rally on Wall Street after the release of the inflation data in the US, investors believed that the inflation numbers could have peaked and hopeful for a less aggressive interest rate hikes from the US Fed. Hence, we believe the positive momentum may spill over to the regional markets as well as the local bourse.

The FBM KLCI rose marginally as the market appeared to be on a bargain-hunting mode amid persistent inflows of foreign funds. However, we believe the downside risk could return with the selling pressure on Wall Street as the US mid-term election results are uncertain and the US CPI print may stay elevated and contribute to a selling tone in the near term.

The FBM KLCI ended marginally lower as investors traded cautiously prior to the US midterm elections, but inflow of foreign funds continued for the 3rd consecutive day. With the Wall Street continuing its recent gains ahead of the inflation data, we believe the market is expecting the CPI data to decline and the US Fed could pivot. However, our view is that the CPI data will remain elevated at least for the rest of 2022. Given the concerns over China’s ongoing zero-Covid policy to weigh on the economy, we believe investors will position themselves using the earnings season, as well as GE15 as the near-term catalysts.